VOA 656 - Advanced HVAC Electricity

5.8 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn the necessary theory and practical knowledge to meet the needs of the ever increasing diverse air conditioning and refrigeration field. Topics to be covered include review voltage, current, motors, sensors, thermostats, controls, semi-conductor materials, transistors, relays, limit switches, timers, gas burner systems, heat pump systems, AC systems, and programmable controls.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

identify and explain the operation of a rectifier diode,
identify and explain the operation of a transistor,
identify and explain the operation of a silicon controlled rectifier,
identify and explain the operation of a DIAC,
identify and explain the operation of a TRIAC, and
identify and explain the operation of a solenoid valve.